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Policy Optimizer provides a simple workflow to migrate your legacy Security policy rulebase to an App-ID based rulebase, which improves your security by reducing the attack surface and gaining visibility into applications so you can safely enable them. Policy Optimizer can also identify unused rules, duplicate rules, and rules that can be merged or reordered to optimize your rulebase. You can use Policy Optimizer to review the usage statistics of your rules and take actions to clean up or modify your rulebase as needed1. References: Security Policy Rule Optimization, Updated Certifications for PAN-OS 10.1, Free PCNSE Questions for Palo Alto Networks PCNSE Exam

Explanation/Reference:

Deny is a policy action, random early drop is part of the inner workings of DoS protection

The block IP feature can be configured in two Security Profiles: Vulnerability Protection and Anti-spyware. The block IP feature allows the firewall to block traffic from a source IP address for a specified period of time after detecting a threat. This feature can help prevent further attacks from the same source and reduce the load on the firewall1. The block IP feature can be enabled in the following Security Profiles:

Vulnerability Protection: A Vulnerability Protection profile defines the actions that the firewall takes to protect against exploits and vulnerabilities in applications and protocols. You can configure a rule in the Vulnerability Protection profile to block IP connections for a specific threat or a group of threats2.

Anti-spyware: An Anti-spyware profile defines the actions that the firewall takes to protect against spyware and command-and-control (C2) traffic. You can configure a rule in the Anti-spyware profile to block IP addresses for a specific spyware or C2 signature.

References: Monitor Blocked IP Addresses, Block IP Addresses, Vulnerability Protection Profile, [Anti-Spyware Profile], Certifications - Palo Alto Networks, [Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PAN-OS 10.0)] or [Palo Alto Networks Certified Network Security Administrator (PAN-OS 10.0)].